PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS and/or DETAIL PICTURES OF THIS PAINTING. IT IS MAGNIFICENTLY PAINTED. THE BEAUTY OF EVERY DETAIL IS STUNNING! THIS PAINTING WAS PAINTED WITH INK AND COLORS ON SILK. IF YOU ARE A TRUE COLLECTOR, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MISS THIS!!!THIS 100 HORSE PAINTING WAS PAINTED EXCLUSIVELY FOR QIANLONG EMPEROR! SCROLL SIZE: 8 METERS LONG X 1 METER WIDE. Painter: Lang Shining. LANG SHINING: Giuseppe Castiglione, also known as Lang Shining, was born on July 19, 1688, in the central San Marcellino district of Milan, Italy, the site of a renowned Botteghe degli Stampator painting studio. As a youth, Castiglione learned to paint from Carlo Cornara at the studio, and he also came under the influence of the famous painter Andrea Pozzo, a member of the Society of Jesus at Trento. In 1707, at the age of 19, Castiglione formally entered the Society and traveled to the prosperous city of Genoa for further training. By this time, he had already achieved some repute as a painter and was invited to do wall paintings at Jesuit churches. At the age of 27, he received instructions to go to China, and, on the journey, did wall paintings in Jesuit churches in Coimbra (Portugal) and Macao. CastiglioneÂ’s style was based on the emphasis on color, perspective, and light found in Italian Renaissance art. In China, where Castiglione went by the Chinese name Lang Shining, he came to the attention of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–1795) and served as an artist for the court. Castiglione eventually became a respected painter and earned the appreciation of the Qianlong emperor, which was a considerable honor for a foreign artist at the time. Following the taste and tradition of painting in China, Castiglione was able to forge a new style that combined elements with his Western training in art. His paintings were done with Chinese materials but often incorporate Western techniques of shading and atmospheric perspective, imparting a sense of realism to the native themes.

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